Many people worry about what to talk about when visiting family members living in nursing homes. Sometimes, when you haven't ...

You don't have to try to talk well with people you find difficult. If you separate the 'difficult person' from the 'difficult ...

We all crave genuine connections with others, but sometimes conversations stay stuck at the surface level. Making small talk is easy, but building real connections takes a different approach. Learning ...

Nothing is more magnetic than a person who can have a good conversation without hijacking it. Here are four steps you can take to become that person. Natural magnetism isn’t about being the loudest ...

Though the artist’s name slips me, his work does not. Two colored outlines of people at a bar, both engrossed in conversation. Inside each of the figures is a caption detailing what the person is ...

I consider good conversation to be a real contender for life’s greatest pleasure. Unfortunately, the art of carrying on a great conversation isn’t something that comes naturally to many of us. Despite ...

Fred Reggie, a Lafayette executive coach, international speaker and former board member of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, focuses on leadership, relationship and service culture development.

This holiday season as families gather, the list of potentially heated conversation topics is long. Some might choose to ignore these issues altogether in the name of keeping the peace. For those ...

You don’t have to look far to see that public discourse has become a virtual war zone. Verbal assaults that would have been rare just a few years ago seem to be the new norm. And the nastiness is not ...